House Speaker Nancy Pelosi apparently made tiny tears into her copy of President Trump’s State of the Union address — so that her speech-ripping moment could go off without a hitch.
As Trump introduced cancer-stricken radio host Rush Limbaugh — who received the Medal of Freedom during the speech — Pelosi could be seen grabbing the pages off the table.
Video shows her making what seemed to be a tearing motion and then placing the pages back on the table.
US Military Carries Out Deadly Strike on Drug-Smuggling Vessel in Eastern Pacific
U.S. Rushing to Set Up Ebola Quarantine Facility: Report
ACLU hit with foreign money complaint as new election law faces major test
New York sheriffs ‘mad as hell’ as Hochul pushes to ban key law enforcement partnership
WATCH: Purple Heart veteran reacts to Platner’s refusal to apologize for mocking him, shreds PTSD excuse
Israel kills top Hamas military chief in airstrike
Pakistan: America’s most complicated ally — and why Trump is betting on it again
Russia’s drone invasion and the grim realities of remote combat: ‘It’s gonna kill you’
All 50,000 evacuees cleared to return home after chemical tank crisis at Southern California aerospace plant
Pam Bondi diagnosed with thyroid cancer weeks after departing as Trump’s attorney general: report
Ex-NFL linebacker poised to return to Congress after Texas runoff win with Jasmine Crockett endorsement
Trump-backed Air Force veteran wins GOP runoff in newly-redistricted House district
U.S. military kills alleged narco-terrorist in lethal strike on drug-trafficking vessel in Eastern Pacific
Pam Bondi to make Trump administration return after undisclosed thyroid cancer battle
Texas Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright and wife share story of 2017 crash that left her permanently paralyzed
Photos of the sheets of paper show them face down on the table with small slits on the side, near where Pelosi would eventually rip them into pieces.
Vice President Mike Pence, who was seated next to the California Democrat, told “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday that it felt like she’d planned to rip the speech because “it felt like such an immediate moment.”
Story cited here.
Pelosi’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
